Dates
- Cover date
- December 1948 - January 1949
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Kill, Puppets, Kill · 9 pages
Turgot, the Puppet Master, animates and controls his autonomous and murderous dolls. His affections spurned by his young assistant Jeanne, he has his dolls try to kill her. Jeanne's brother, Pierre, comes to her rescue. Turgot dies trying to kill Pierre. Turgot's house remains empty until Ralph and Gloria purchase the house and ship it from France to the U.S. where they rebuild the house. Turgot returns as a ghost, and his puppets are again active. Ralph uses a flame gun to destroy them all.
- The Mermaid Mole · 1 pages
- Out of the Unknown · 10 pages
The Living Ghost returns to kidnap Gail Leslie, in a new bid to make her his queen. Tony Brand consults with Dr. VanDyke, who suggests The Dark Phantom may be of aid. The Living Ghost and the Phantom hate each other. Professor Mavelli assists Tony Brand in contacting the minions of The Dark Phantom, who whisk Tony away to the phantom's Tibetan retreat. The Dark Phantom agrees to fight The Living Ghost, and is triumphant. He then turns on Gail and Tony, but Tony has a relic given to him by VanDyke to destroy the phantom.
- The Old Tower's Secret · 7 pages
Douglas Drew discovers the truth behind a lovers' triangle with the help of their ghosts.
- The Haunted Hoard · 1 pages
- The Master's Hand · 9 pages
Betty Saunders is a world renowned expert on the artwork of 15th century artist, Kees Van Ruyter. Van Ruyter's paintings depict monstrous creatures. In 1496, Van Ruyter killed himself by throwing his hands under the wheels of a moving oxcart, severing them. Betty recreates his horrific paintings with monstrous creatures depicted therein. A human looking ghoul hires Betty to go to his mansion in Belgium and paint pictures Van Ruyter's style. The ghost of Van Ruyer has Betty paint a picture of the ghoul. When the painting is revealed, the ghoul is destroyed.
- Phantom of the Seas · 8 pages
A family buys a ship in a bottle for the son. They soon become aware of the ghost of Captain Wolfson, executed by his crew for his brutality, haunting the miniature vessel.
- The Grim Lady of Raynham Hall · 2 pages
A writer witnesses the ghostly Grim Lady, but only a photograph is proof.
Reprinted in
Adventures into the Unknown Archives (2012), Chilling Tales of Horror (1969), Haunted Tales (1973), Hideous Haunts (1982), Crypt of Horror (2005), Classic Pulp Horror (2020), Classic Pulp (2021)